Dearborn doesn’t just have dessert spots — it has dessert institutions. Here are five standout pastries (and where to get them) that define Dearborn’s 2025 sweet scene: tradition-forward, community-rooted, and honestly… dangerously craveable.
Dearborn is one of those rare American cities where “going out for dessert” isn’t an afterthought. It’s a plan. A ritual. A family tradition. A late-night “we deserve something beautiful” moment. And in 2025, the pastry map here continues to prove something locals already know: Dearborn is a crossroads of craft, heritage, and innovation — where classic Levantine sweets sit comfortably beside global favorites, and where small businesses do a lot more than sell sugar.
This Dearborn Blog “Top 5 Pastries in Dearborn for 2025” list is based on the featured items in the image above, verified and expanded through public menus, listings, and reporting about these businesses.[1] The goal isn’t to crown a single “winner,” because taste isn’t a courtroom and dessert shouldn’t be a fistfight. The goal is to highlight five pastries that are (1) culturally meaningful, (2) widely loved, and (3) available through recognizable Dearborn-area storefronts and ordering platforms.
Along the way, we’ll also talk about something bigger than dessert: how food businesses in Dearborn often double as community pillars — supporting neighbors, keeping traditions alive, and (in the best cases) turning everyday commerce into everyday solidarity.
1) Halawet El Jibn & Mafroukeh from Hallab
Some desserts feel like a celebration even before you take a bite. Halawet El Jibn is one of them — a sweet, stretchy semolina-and-cheese dough rolled around cream (qishta/ashta), usually finished with syrup and pistachios.[9] When it’s done right, it’s tender and elastic, lightly perfumed, and balanced: rich without being heavy, sweet without being loud.
Then there’s Mafroukeh — a semolina-based dessert often built around pistachio (or “brown” variations), typically layered or crowned with cream and nuts.[13] Think of it as a dessert that understands texture: soft, buttery base; creamy top; pistachio crunch; syrup that ties the whole thing together.
Where to get it: The image calls out Hallab (often listed as Hallab Pastry/Hallab Bakery) at 14519 W Warren Ave, Dearborn.[10] Public listings for Hallab in late 2025 are inconsistent — some platforms list hours and active contact info,[10][14] while Yelp also shows a “reported closed” status.[12] That contradiction matters, so here’s the honest, practical advice: call ahead before making a special trip, especially if you’re coming from outside the neighborhood.[11][12]
Why it made the 2025 list:
Halawet El Jibn isn’t just a dessert — it’s edible heritage, a Levantine classic with deep roots and regional pride.[9] Mafroukeh, too, is a staple-style sweet that rewards ingredient quality and careful balance.[13] When you want “Dearborn dessert culture” in two bites, this pairing does the job.
2) Ashta Ice Cream from Booza Delight
If you’ve never had booza/ashta-style ice cream, here’s the vibe: it’s not trying to be gelato. It’s not trying to be American scoop shop ice cream. It’s its own thing — dense, stretchy, and slower to melt, with a chew that makes the experience feel almost theatrical.[1] Booza Delight is known specifically for its Ashta offerings, including an “Ashta Ice Cream Slice” and roll-style presentations topped with pistachio and other garnishes.[2]
Where to get it: Booza Delight (Dearborn Heights) is listed at 25038 W Warren St, Dearborn Heights, and shows a 5.0 rating on Yelp (at the time of the listing view) alongside menu highlights like “Ashta Ice Cream Slice.”[2]
Why it made the 2025 list:
Because it’s delicious and because it’s Dearborn-area community energy in dessert form. Local reporting profiled Booza Delight’s owners and their efforts to support humanitarian relief, noting donation drives connected to Gaza and Lebanon.[1]
“May and Yasser were already donating to people in Gaza.”
WXYZ reporting on Booza Delight’s community fundraising efforts.[1]
Dearborn is a city where global politics often have local consequences — because our families, friends, and histories are genuinely global. A dessert shop that treats humanitarian aid as part of doing business fits the best version of Dearborn: generous, awake, and human.[1]
3) Shiabia & Namoura from Dearborn Pizza
Yes, you read that right: Dearborn Pizza isn’t only a pizza stop — it’s also a sweets stop. Public ordering menus show dessert trays including Shiabia/Shaabiyat and Namoura.[3]
Shiabia / Shaabiyat (also called warbat in some contexts) is typically a crisp phyllo-based dessert filled with cream and soaked in syrup.[5] It’s that perfect contradiction: crunchy and creamy at the same time.
Namoura (often known across the region as basbousa) is a semolina cake soaked in syrup — simple, classic, and incredibly satisfying when the syrup-to-cake balance is right.[4] It’s the kind of dessert that shows up at gatherings because it travels well, shares well, and makes people happy without demanding attention.
Where to get it: Dearborn Pizza’s Warren Ave location appears on Postmates as 14406 W Warren Avenue, Dearborn, showing a strong ordering volume and a visible rating (4.4 stars with 320+ ratings on that platform at time of viewing).[3] The same menu listing includes Small Shiabia and Large Shiabia, and other sweets including sfouf.[3]
Why it made the 2025 list:
Because it’s peak Dearborn practicality: you can feed a group and still bring dessert home without doing a second stop. Also, it’s a small example of what makes Dearborn’s food ecosystem special — businesses here often refuse to be boxed into a single category. Pizza spot? Sure. Also: trays of syrup-soaked semolina cake? Also yes.[3][4]
A quick Dearborn dessert crawl strategy (that won’t ruin your whole week): Start with something creamy (Ashta), move to something crisp (Shiabia), then finish with something syrupy and soft (Namoura or Aaysh El Saraya). Drink water. Share everything. Don’t pretend you’re “just taking one bite.”
4) Tres Leches & Fruit Cake from Teta’s Pot
This entry is the most “small-batch” of the five — which is part of its charm, and also why the public info is thinner.
Tres leches is a sponge cake soaked in “three milks,” widely associated with Latin American dessert traditions, and known for its airy texture and creamy finish.[14] It’s not supposed to be stodgy; done right, it’s light but lush.
Fruit cake is a broad category (and yes, it’s often joked about), but historically it’s an old and durable style of celebratory baking, with countless regional interpretations.[15] Modern fruit cakes range from dense holiday bricks to genuinely elegant cakes built around good dried fruit, nuts, and spice balance.[15]
Where to get it: The most accessible public presence we could locate for “Teta’s Pot” is a Facebook page describing it as a home-style baking venture (“sometimes teta likes to bake cakes… from scratch”).[16] That page is not clearly labeled as a Dearborn storefront, and we did not find a fully verifiable Dearborn address in the sources available for this specific brand name.[16] Because the image highlights Teta’s Pot as part of the Dearborn 2025 list, we’re including it — but with transparency: details may be limited and availability may be order-based rather than walk-in.[16]
Why it made the 2025 list:
Because Dearborn’s food culture isn’t only about storefront legends — it’s also about the auntie-and-grandma pipeline of talent that turns into catering, pop-ups, and small brands. If Dearborn is a city powered by community, then home-style bakers are part of the grid.
5) Aaysh El Saraya from Dearborn Sweets
If you want a dessert that screams “special occasion” even on a random Tuesday, Aaysh El Saraya is the move. It’s a classic Levantine sweet built around bread or cake-like layers soaked in fragrant syrup and topped with creamy pudding/ashta and pistachios.[8] The result is soft, creamy, floral, nutty, and unapologetically rich.
Where to get it: Dearborn Sweets is listed at 6456 Greenfield Rd, Dearborn, with posted hours and a large review count on Yelp.[6] Ordering platforms also list Aaysh El Saraya explicitly (including tray pricing on Postmates at the time of viewing).[7]
Helpful note (because reality exists): Many bakeries and sweet shops use lots of nuts, dairy, eggs, wheat, and shared equipment. Delivery listings for Dearborn Sweets include allergen/cross-contamination caution language.[17] If you have allergies, treat dessert shopping like a high-stakes negotiation and ask questions.
Why it made the 2025 list:
Because this dessert is a masterclass in balance — and because Dearborn Sweets is one of those places that functions like a community landmark: you don’t just buy sweets, you buy them for birthdays, weddings, Ramadan nights, work parties, visits, and “I’m sorry” moments.[6][7]
Dearborn’s desserts are a love letter — and a mirror
A city’s food tells you what it values. Dearborn’s dessert scene values craft, patience, tradition, and generosity. It also reflects something politically real: many Dearborn families are connected to places experiencing occupation, displacement, war, and siege — especially Palestinians — and that reality doesn’t stay “over there.” It shows up in fundraising jars, in community conversations, in the way people take care of each other when headlines get brutal.[1]
A pro-people politics (the kind the Green Party platform often points toward) starts locally: supporting small businesses over monopolies, valuing immigrant entrepreneurship, reducing waste where we can, and building community resilience that doesn’t depend on billionaires having a good mood that day. Dessert won’t fix the world — but community economies help determine whether the world is survivable.
So in 2025: buy the sweets. Tip well. Bring a tray to someone who’s grieving. Celebrate a graduation. Feed your neighbors. Keep Dearborn weird, warm, and unbreakable — the way it already is.
Sources
- WXYZ Detroit (Scripps). “A Dearborn Heights dessert shop on a mission to do more for people impacted by the war in the Middle East.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. WXYZ 7 News Detroit
- Yelp. “Booza Delight — Dearborn Heights (rating, address, menu highlights).” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. yelp.com
- Postmates. “Dearborn Pizza (Warren Ave) — menu, address, hours, ratings; sweets including Shiabia.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Postmates
- Feel Good Foodie. “Namoura (Semolina Cake) recipe and description.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Feel Good Foodie
- Hungry Paprikas. “Warbat / Shaabiyat (cream-filled phyllo) description.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Hungry Paprikas
- Yelp. “Dearborn Sweets — Dearborn (address, hours, reviews).” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. yelp.com
- Postmates. “Dearborn Sweets — menu listing including Aaysh El Saraya tray.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Postmates
- Chez Nermine. “Aish Al Saraya: The Ultimate Dessert Experience” (dessert description). Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. cheznermine.com
- Wikipedia. “Halawet el Jibn” (ingredients, overview, origins discussion). Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Wikipedia
- Edan.io listing. “Hallab Pastry — Dearborn (address/phone listing).” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. hallab-pastry.edan.io
- MapQuest. “Hallab Bakery — Dearborn (address/phone/hours listing).” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. MapQuest
- Yelp. “Hallab Bakery — Dearborn (reported closed status).” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. yelp.com
- Savory & Sweet Food. “Mafroukeh — description and ingredients.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Savory&SweetFood
- Food52. “The Long, Winding Origin Story of Tres Leches Cake.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Food52
- PBS NewsHour. “The misunderstood fruitcake has a magnificent shelf life and history.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. PBS
- Facebook. “Teta’s Pot” page (home-baked cakes description). Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. Facebook
- DoorDash. “Dearborn Sweets — ordering page with allergen/cross-contamination warning.” Accessed Dec. 26, 2025. DoorDash
Disclaimer
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